The overall Technical Consumer Goods (TCG) market in Western Europe achieved a sales volume of €44.3 billion in Q2 2013. This corresponds to a decrease of 3.8%. In the first half of the year sales volume amounted to €92.5 billion, ...
Tags: Telecommunication
Sears Holdings Corporation reported its second quarter 2013 results. Highlights: - Net loss attributable to Holdings' shareholders of $194 million, or $1.83 loss per diluted share, compared to $132 million, or $1.25 loss per diluted ...
Tags: Marginal Fall
The fourth-generation owned Bolotin Furniture here, in business for 107 years, began a closing sale Thursday and the owner said he has decided to concentrate on his online eBay store. Liquidator and consultant Deere Park Associates is ...
Tags: Furniture, Furnishing
al Chinese financial search platform Rong360.com received USD 30 million in its second round of financing recently. Ye Daqing, CEO of it, said in an interview on August 2 that it had completed its second round of financing and the ...
OrotonGroup is pleased to announce that it has signed a joint venture agreement with the iconic American brand Brooks Brothers to develop the Brooks Brothers brand in Australia & New Zealand. The agreement to establish the joint venture is ...
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Struggling to find a supplier for a certain type of glass, Mike and Becky Monaghan launched their own online business to meet the need. Now the Quincy couple hope to see Woodstove-FireplaceGlass.com continue to grow -- thanks to winning ...
Tags: Online Glass Supplier
A double whammy of low consumer confidence in developed countries and lower growth in emerging markets combined to subdue Nestlé’s half yearly trading performance, figures published today reveal. The global food and drink ...
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Accenture and Demandware, have collaborated on a new multichannel commerce solution to help Lacoste rapidly establish its online presence in Greater China. The engagement with the global fashion brand leverages Accenture’s new ...
Tags: Demandware, Lacoste, Online Business
Carl Prindle Schottenstein Stores and Rooms To Go have taken an ownership stake in online retailer Furniture.com, which will relaunch later this year, backed by a network of large retailers across the country handling fulfillment. ...
Tags: Furniture, Stores, Furnishing
Rooms To Go will build a 1.1 million-square-foot showroom and distribution center here designed to be its main distribution hub for online customers in the East. The Seffner, Fla.-based Top 100 company will invest about $40 million in the ...
Tags: Furniture, Furnishing
Sainsbury reports first quarter trading statement for 12 weeks to 8 June 2013. Highlights: -Total sales for first quarter up 3.6 per cent (3.3 per cent excluding fuel) -Like-for-like sales for first quarter up 0.7 per cent (0.8 per ...
CA Technologies has completed the acquisition of privately-held Layer 7 Technologies, a provider of Application Programming Interface (API) security and management. The acquisition of Layer 7 will enable CA Technologies to provide leading ...
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Noppies, the brand owner of the well-known maternity and children’s wear brands “Esprit for mums” and “Noppies”, has launched a new B2B shop. The web shop is based on eFashion Engine, a tool that enables ...
Waitrose is considering legal action after its long-term online grocery distribution partner Ocado signed a deal with Morrisons last week. A Waitrose spokeswoman said: “We have instructed lawyers so that we can get a clear and ...
John Lewis is to launch a new technology apprenticeship scheme this year, which will see the firm further expand its IT department. The aim for the apprenticeship scheme is to train the next generation of IT leaders at John Lewis' head ...
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